Tiong Hiew King

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name = Tiong Hiew King
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occupation = Executive Chairman, Rimbunan Hijau
Industry = Finance
networth = gainUS$1.1 billion (2007)Forbes.com. [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Tiong-Hiew-King_CTPL.html The World's Billionaires #840 Tiong Hiew King] . March 8, 2007.]
children = 3 children
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Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King (zh-stp|s=张晓卿|t=張曉卿|p=Zhāng Xiǎoqīng) is the Malaysian Chinese founder and chairman of the Rimbunan Hijau Group, a timber company founded in 1975. Its overseas timber operations in Papua New Guinea is the largest in that country. He also has interests in logging operations in Russia.

Mr Tiong resides in Sibu, a town in Sarawak, of Borneo island that belongs to Malaysia. With a reported net worth of about US$1.1 billion, Tiong is ranked by Forbes as the 840th richest person in the world.

Tiong's Rimbunan Hijau Group also controls "Sin Chew Jit Poh" and "Guang Ming Daily", two of the major Chinese national dailies in Malaysia, "The National Daily" in Papua New Guinea and Ming Pao Holdings Ltd in Hong Kong. He is forging a global Chinese publishing group with his Ming Pao Enterprises; "Ming Pao" newspaper is also available in San Francisco, New York, Vancouver and Toronto. [Chin-Huat Wong, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IB15Ae01.html "Malaysian media mogul's big China bet"] , "Asia Times Online". Feb 15, 2007.]

Influence In Local Politics

Back home in Sibu, Tiong and his family are members of the ruling Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), a major party of the ruling coalition government in Sarawak. Tiong's younger brother Tiong Thai King has been the Member of Parliament of the Lanang Parliamentary Constituency in Sibu since 1995 till today.

Residents in Sibu were told in the Malaysian general election, 1995 that by going abroad was to look after the welfare of fellow Sibu Fuzhou employees', since the forest of Sarawak was depleting fast. The election campaign statements were made very touchy to the Sibu voters in the general election. [IDEAL, [http://www.rengah.c2o.org/news/article.php?identifer=de0046t&subject=8 "Malaysian media mogul's big China bet"] , "Rengah Sarawak". August 30, 1998.]

References

External links

* [http://www.rhpng.com.pg/aboutus.htm Rimbunan Hijau] — official site
* [http://www.malaysia-today.net/Blog-e/2005/02/being-well-connected-goes-long-way-in.htm Being well connected goes a long way in Malaysia] — Malaysia Today: MT-News